The world is getting a break from Russian bots thanks to Kyiv.
This is a one two punch, not only does it hurt Russia’s interests, it may cost the GOP in the upcoming election. Nice way to respond to Trump buying Russian Diesel.
Russia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers
Submitted 3 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
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roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
weps@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Right before the midterms in America.
This is gonna be bad for MAGA
crystalmathadept@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Is anyone really on the fence anymore?
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh god, so many are on the fence still in Idiot America.
reuters.com/…/trump-approval-record-low-hispanic-…
The poll gave numerous signs that Trump’s low popularity was weighing heavily on his Republican Party, with registered voters preferring Democrats over Republicans by 44% to 37% less than a month before the November 3 election. Among independents, Democrats led 37% to 21%, with 28% of independent registered voters still undecided.
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
American conservatives would elect to get cancer if it had an ® next to its name. That is, so long as they can fuel up the massive trucks they use to stand in for their tiny cocks, but Trump fucked up diesel pricing.
I’m guessing 15% are starting to wonder.
DivineChaos100@hexbear.net 2 weeks ago
And yet i am still here
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is in ukraine’s best iterest.
Russian (and Chinese among others) bots drive political unrest, primarily by supporting right wing and nationalist provocateurs to destabilize governments that support Ukraine or NATO.
If Zelensky can silence the trolls, he has a better chance at continued support.
Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ah, but the troll farms use Yandex
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They don’t use Yandex, but it appears they might share datacenter resources.
I don’t know anything about the linked source or how trustworthy it is.
fox2263@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
More!
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
RIP search engine that still gives good piracy results.
You’ll be missed.
Scrollone@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
That’s true. Google is so censored you can’t find anything. And on the other hand, dark web search engines let you find things you’d rather not know about
witty_username@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
cornishon@lemmygrad.ml 2 weeks ago
If only you read the article you’d realize the “bot network” they’re talking about is indexing websites so the Yandex search engine and related services can find them. The article literally gloats how “this will make the Internet slow or unusable for Russians”.
But of course they knew what they were doing with the headline. Targeting Euro-Americans who think the reason their politicians are corrupt is secret Russian (or Chinese) influence and dissenting opinions on the internet are Russian bots.
Or I might just be one of the 10% of the bots that are still coming through!
witty_username@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I’m unaware of civilization’s general impression of that population’s bikini area hygiene, TBF. 🫡
TeaWithDani@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately Russian Z-patriots are much much more hypnotized even then US MAGAs.
They need intensive deprogramming and reintroduction into civil society. Temporarily cutting off just one source of propaganda helps a little, but does not put the cancer into remission.
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
If religion’s history as a whole is considered, they’re more than likely to simply glom onto the next big lie that puts them in the in-crowd. 🧏🏼♂️
CascadiaRo@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
In Russia or abroad?
FridaVanMercury@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
They’ll 100% move them somewhere else as quickly as they can.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think we all understand the landscape isn’t that simple anymore. Data centers aren’t cheap and easy to spin up.